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Whaling, Thoughts?
By: pcharmon105 Date: November 14, 2012, 3:15 pm
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What do you guys think of whaling? Is it all that bad?
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Re: Whaling, Thoughts?
By: pcharmon105 Date: November 14, 2012, 3:22 pm
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Whaling is the worst thing you could ever do! It's killing
precious creatures for substances that are harmful to the human
body. It has been found that toxins from whale meat can cause
death in humans!
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Re: Whaling, Thoughts?
By: pcharmon105 Date: November 14, 2012, 3:28 pm
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I think whaling is not all bad. It helps the Japanese economy
and there are laws on the number of whales that can harvested
each year. Do you think they just go out and try to kill all the
whales? No, they don't. Don't be such a tree-hugger.
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Re: Whaling, Thoughts?
By: pcharmon105 Date: November 14, 2012, 3:28 pm
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Guys, keep it friendly. No personal attacks.
Thanks, Patrick
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Re: Whaling, Thoughts?
By: pcharmon105 Date: November 14, 2012, 3:30 pm
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I think whales should be preserved because it takes them quite a
while to have children. I also think that this statement gives
whales a hope for a better future!!!! :D
"In 2003 the IWC voted to expand its main functions to include
whale conservation. The Indian Ocean and the ocean waters off
Mexico, a number of South Pacific island nations and
territories, and Antarctica have been designated whale
sanctuaries."
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Re: Whaling, Thoughts?
By: pcharmon105 Date: November 14, 2012, 3:36 pm
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Check this site out if you guys wanna know more about Japanese
whaling!
HTML http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/oceans/whaling/ending-japanese-whaling/
It has a bunch of great info. It also talks about how the
Japanese whaling industry does not always have the greatest
amount of integrity when it comes to the laws they should be
following, smuggling whale meat into the country from their
ships.
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Re: Whaling, Thoughts?
By: pcharmon105 Date: November 14, 2012, 3:39 pm
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I feel that there should be laws about whaling, but maybe they
should be a bit more extreme. That site above really talked
about how they take so much money from their citizens to have
this industry and maybe other countries should step in and help
them be more serious about not whaling so much. Just my
opinion....
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Re: Whaling, Thoughts?
By: pcharmon105 Date: November 14, 2012, 3:43 pm
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Whaling does help the economy! These are some pros and cons of
whaling from this website:
HTML https://pub.mtholyoke.edu/journal/whaling/entry/pros_and_cons_of_whaling
Pros
» Many indigenous people, such as the Inuits of Alaska, rely on
whales for food and other materials to survive in such harsh
environments.
» If whale populations are monitored carefully, it might be
possible for whales to be sustainably harvested.
» Whaling provides jobs and pumps money into the economy.
» Some, like the Japanese and Icelandic, believe that whales are
depleting stocks of important forage fish like capelin and
herring, citing the fact that some whales eat tons of such fish
every day.
» Some regard minke whales as "pests", which the larger baleen
whales are forced to compete with, therefore making it more
difficult for them to recover.
Cons
» Comprehensive censuses have not been conducted on whale
species being hunted, and therefore it is unknown how
extensively their species have been depleted.
» When whales are removed from ecosystems, the entire balance is
thrown off.
» Most whale meat contains levels of mercury deemed unsafe by
government regulations, and can lead to mercury poisoning in
people who eat it regularly.
» Some view whales to have an intrinsic value to the world,
which makes their killing immoral.
» There are no regulations on how whales are killed. As many as
50% do not die after being shot with the initial harpoon, so a
second harpoon or rifle shot is necessary. Additionally, some
whales can take an hour to die, leaving them to suffer in that
time. The IWC has no regulations, only recommendations, on
killing methods.
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Re: Whaling, Thoughts?
By: pcharmon105 Date: November 14, 2012, 3:45 pm
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[quote author=pcharmon105 link=topic=2.msg9#msg9
date=1352929401]
Whaling does help the economy! These are some pros and cons of
whaling from this website:
HTML https://pub.mtholyoke.edu/journal/whaling/entry/pros_and_cons_of_whaling
Pros
» Many indigenous people, such as the Inuits of Alaska, rely on
whales for food and other materials to survive in such harsh
environments.
» If whale populations are monitored carefully, it might be
possible for whales to be sustainably harvested.
» Whaling provides jobs and pumps money into the economy.
» Some, like the Japanese and Icelandic, believe that whales are
depleting stocks of important forage fish like capelin and
herring, citing the fact that some whales eat tons of such fish
every day.
» Some regard minke whales as "pests", which the larger baleen
whales are forced to compete with, therefore making it more
difficult for them to recover.
Cons
» Comprehensive censuses have not been conducted on whale
species being hunted, and therefore it is unknown how
extensively their species have been depleted.
» When whales are removed from ecosystems, the entire balance is
thrown off.
» Most whale meat contains levels of mercury deemed unsafe by
government regulations, and can lead to mercury poisoning in
people who eat it regularly.
» Some view whales to have an intrinsic value to the world,
which makes their killing immoral.
» There are no regulations on how whales are killed. As many as
50% do not die after being shot with the initial harpoon, so a
second harpoon or rifle shot is necessary. Additionally, some
whales can take an hour to die, leaving them to suffer in that
time. The IWC has no regulations, only recommendations, on
killing methods.
[/quote]
All great points for both sides! I really think there should be
some serious thoughts put into making whales a farmable animal.
Overharvesting is what makes whaling so awful. We shouldnt be
the reason a whole group of animals goes extinct.
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